For a man surrounded by LOVE, Doflamingo is someone INCAPABLE of loving, of feeling it himself. At least not conventionally and healthily. His love is TOXIC, it’s OBSESSIVE.
The world is HIS. He is a GOD, and love to a god is EXPECTED. Just like all deities, it is only normal for humans to bow before his feet, to kiss the ground he walks upon. Their LIVES are HIS and should always come after his. They should feel honoured to give their lives for God’s plans. He is owed SERVITUDE and LOYALTY, and those willing to defy his divine will are better off DEAD. HE is the only one that matters, the only one ABOVE the Heaven and that which is under it.
With a family that constantly supports his mindset and his own ability to SHUT DOWN emotions, he firmly believes he is IMMUNE to loving anyone. Even though he has experienced it. Doflamingo believes his caring for the family of misfits is simply out of his potential USE of them. They are his tools, his MARIONETTES, and while he values their WORTH, they are still DISPOSABLE. He is grateful for their service, but if he requires their DEATH, he expects it.
However, his actions sometimes contradict his own beliefs. When he asks Vergo and Monet to die for him, he experiences loss AGAIN. Just like he experienced the loss of his MOTHER, his father, his BROTHER. People he CARED about. Despite him seeing his family as tools, he goes to Punk Hazard to reassemble Baby 5 and Buffalo after Law cut them up. Despite her being weak and USELESS in the moment, he puts HIMSELF at disadvantage in a fight with Sanji to keep Giolla safe.
He believes himself to be UNTOUCHABLE and DEVOID of all positive emotions, but deep down is self-aware he isn’t. That understanding brings him to conclusion that LOVE is WEAKNESS, and a TRUE god has NO NEED of it.
He felt HURT when his brother BETRAYED him. Someone he cared for, someone he genuinely loved. Someone he would always feel a connection with, would value above others. His own GODLY BLOOD. Yet, even with that genuine love for Rocinante, Doflamingo left him behind. He put HIMSELF above his brother, and went to Mariejois alone. One reason being to keep Rocinante safe, the other Rocinante’s momentary uselessness. He had nothing to contribute to his return to Holy Land besides crying. He had planned to return for him, and did, only to find him GONE. To make up for this mistake on his part, he TRUSTED him when the younger returned. Even though he knew he shouldn’t. However, Rocinante was his brother, his blood, HIS. Just like everyone in the family he acquired, Rocinante BELONGED to Doflamingo.
With Rocinante’s betrayal, Doflamingo’s heart grows COLD and EMPTY, and no one sees that better than Viola. With her ability to read minds, she is EXACTLY aware of Doflamingo’s mindset and his actions, and while they have a sexual relationship and he enjoys talks with her, they both know it isn’t genuine. His own worldview is painted RED, and nothing will colour it back to what it once was. That worldview ultimately brings DEVASTATION of many, and his ultimate DOWNFALL. As the truth unravels itself in Dressrosa, those who once loved him as their king turned against him. The worms helped those that defeated him, and he’s still able to LAUGH at ABSURDITY of it all.
However, Doflamingo himself is the SUN. He is GOLDEN. He is a GOD. He is far beyond the WRATH and RAGE he made himself out to be. He is both the DARKNESS and the LIGHT. The stronger the light, the stronger the darkness.
On rare occasions, that LIGHT shines through in the form of gentleness. Usually in the privacy of his bedroom, when the world isn’t watching, when the role he put on himself doesn’t need to be upheld. Not completely. Even these rare moments depend on the person he is with. Only the person worthy of his respect is privy to CONTROL, to experiencing everything his mind can think of in the bedroom. He has found only one person worthy of it all.
In many lifetimes, there is inevitable DEATH for HER. The madness of the king and god wins, and her attempts are in vain. However, in some lifetimes she helps give the role of GOD a different meaning. While addressing the capability for destruction, she also addresses the capability of CREATION. Love isn’t a weakness ANYMORE, it is something he is ALLOWED to fully experience. Something a god MUST experience. His HATE isn’t buried, it is part of him, just as his LOVE becomes a part of him too.
He becomes a GOD able to love and a GOD able to hate. He is COMPLETE, ABSOLUTE. As someone ABOVE others, he gets to experience EVERYTHING, he is BASKING in everything the world has to offer. The role of a god EXPANDS beyond the BOUNDARIES that he had initially set. He is able to receive love and give love, and all because someone else was able to see him. Strip him naked of all the layers he put onto himself and kept challenging him with equal fierceness. Granted, even when he genuinely loves, his love is still toxic. He is still as obsessive, and the woman receiving his love is seen as HIS partner. Naturally, that means they’re ENDGAME and he keeps that binding ETERNAL.
In such cases, Doflamingo finds a specific PEACE that he wouldn’t know otherwise, a JOY he hadn’t known he craved. When complete, Doflamingo’s soul is GLOWING. Only when he opens his mind, though.
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I’ve said this before but watching former Buddie shippers go full in on BT and claim it’s endgame (or in my case a longtime irl friend finally watching the show and rooting for BT) is like watching your friend announce that they’re engaged to the man they met on tinder a month ago that they’ve only met in person a handful of times and is a walking red flag.
You know what, honey? This is a very accurate description of how I feel about the situation.
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I got into the anime bc of opla and I liked usopp more because of the anime! obviously Jacob did a great job, but usopp has so much personality in the anime! He's so fun! I couldn't believe it when I started seeing people talk about how much they didn't like usopp, and obviously people don't have to like a character, but a lot of times the things I saw people saying they didn't like about usopp was the same reason they liked another character??
He deserves better than this 😭 he's just a silly guy
Good for you!!!! Anime Usopp is literally INCREDIBLE I love him so so so so so so much you wouldn't believe it (┬┬﹏┬┬) He's an angel but also highly underrated bc he's not STRONG MANLY MASCULINE GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR BARK BARK like the other men of the crew (which is BULLSHIT by the way bc all of them are pathetic and sad and gay and SO complex and I HATE how cishet men view them).
Gotta be honest most people don't like Usopp bc of his character design and "weaker" (weak my ass. Perhaps they should try idk understand his character instead of just being here for the fighting) personality. The way I've seen it, men often dislike him for being "too weak" and women don't like him bc of being "ugly". So this just shows how the general audience with no idea in character writing thinks (they don't think).
I feel like I'm being too rude here istg I'm nicer than this but Usopp haters are my worst enemy and I WILL fight them. Usopp is just a silly, funny, and extremely complex (so much he makes me cry. I wake up -> I cry bc Usopp is too amazing for this world) dude. He's such a sweetie!! And also one of the most intelligent strawhats!! He's a good person, hilarious, gorgeous, sarcastic, fun to watch... He tries to overcome his fears and he wants and will grow up as a pirate!!!
Istg people can't stand well-written characters!! It makes me furious.
Anyway! Live Laugh Love Usopp our Sniper God and King we shall pray to him every day to have clear skin and good luck in our lives!
(Btw idk how far are you into the anime but if you started it bc OPLA you're gonna LOVE it <3)
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